Backwater  is an ongoing project that explores the response coastal communities have had to land loss, structural resilience, and habitat adaptation in the fluvial delta. River diversions, sediment siphons, and other coastal restoration efforts worth billions of dollars are underway to salvage the land, cultural assets, and architectural heritage of this unique region. By photographing the seemingly banal landscapes along the coast, one can begin to see the visual changes from town to town which symbolize the region itself: a microcosm of preservation and destruction. Homes, commercial buildings, roads, and street signs tell the story of a place with a vibrant past yet highly uncertain future as encroaching water threatens its very existence.